Type tie-up



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(Cl. 10i-404) Claims.

This invention relates to printing apparatus and particularly to devices used to hold type members together in a composed form, and is a mod ication of the device shown in the United States Patent No. 2,218,220, which was granted to me on, October 15, 1940.

The objects of this invention are substantially the same as those set forth in my earlier patent, and in addition thereto provides a novel means for facilitating the making of electrotypes and stereotypes from conventionally composed type. The instant invention, however, diiers from the former in the means used for retaining the expandable or slidable constricting elements in fixed positions. The type holder described in the aforementioned Patent No. 2,218,220 utilizes a slidable locking device which holds the confining members together, whereas this invention provides for the use of tensioned acute angled members or spring clips for holding the elements in proper assembly. This latter device is a little more economical to manufacture than the prior device as it has fewer parts and may be assembled faster.

These and other objects and features of the invention will become apparent from a study of the following description and claims together with the accompanying drawings in which like parts are designated by like reference characters and wherein:

Figure 1 is a plan view of the tie-up around composed type and slugs and showing alternate positions of expandable top and side members;

Figure 2 is an end view of the device alone;

Figure 3 is an enlarged horizontal sectional view of the device taken along the lines 3-3 of the Figure 2;

Figure 4 is an enlarged vertical sectional view of the device taken along the lines 4 4 of the Figure 2;

Figure 5 is a vertical cross-sectional View of a spring clamp member;

Figure 6 is a plan view of one of the tension confining members;

Figure 7 is a plan View of a part'of the modified form of the device completely expanded by surrounding type members;

Figure 8 is an end view of the device shown in the Figure '7;

Figure 9 is a plan View of the device surrounding type members, surrounded by special bearer members and locked in a conventional chase;

Figure 10 is a vertical sectional view of a portion `oi the device taken along the lines lil-I0 of theiFigure 9;

Figure 11 is an enlarged vertical sectional View taken along the lines II--il of the Figure 9;

Figure 12 is an elevation of an inside vertical surface of a bearer or channel member; and

Figure 13 is a vertical sectional View of the bearer member taken along the lines |3-l3 of the Figure 12.

Specifically, this invention consists of a rectangular frame-like member which itself is composed of four angular lengths of metal which are referred to herein as the confining members 6, and which are bound or held together by a set of spring clamps 5. The confining members 6 consist of strips or" steel bent at approximately their mid-sections to form V-shaped pieces. These V-shaped pieces of metal are tempered so that they virtually form acute angled springs. The metal used in these parts may be of .020 to .070 gauge steel. They are about five-sixteenths to threefourths of an inch wide and are of a length lwhich will vary according to the normal size of the device desired. One end portion 23 of each spring or Wall member 2l has a small hole 24 punched or drilled therein, which hole is suitable for receiving the small boss 32 later referred to herein. The acute angles 22 of each of the confining members 6, when alone and when unassembled, are approximately but when four of them are assembled, as shown, each wall portion 2i co-acts with the abutting wall portion of an adjacent member, thus spreading the contiguous walls and enlarging the angles of the individual members to about There is thereby formed by the four confining members 6 and the eight clamp members 5 a substantially rectangular frame which, when not in actual use, has four concave sides. When the frame is in use; that is, when it is tightly compressed around the composed type A, the walls 2l straighten out as the corners 22 are brought closer to the composition and thus are enlarged so as to become angles of This causes the straightened sides to t closely and snugly against the type members A, as is clearly illustrated in the Figure 1. The Figure 1 also shows by the broken lines designated by the character 2la the position of two conning member extendable walls as they would appear when opened or expanded away from the printing members A.

The spring clamps 5 are simply smali pieces of spring steel about one inch wide and are bent to enclose or substantially surround two adjacent confining members (i. The central portions 211 of each of the clamps 5 have an inwardly proj/eling boss 82 which engages the hole'i in the -end"2-3^ of a confining member 6, as is clearly shown in the Figures 3 and 4. This causes each clamp 5 to move with the particular conning member 6 to which it is engaged, but at the same time permits the adjacent confining member to slide smoothly and snugly therein. I'his is for the reason that each sliding conning member 6 is tensioned by the spring clips 34 of the clamp 5. The slidable spring clamps may be made of a .010 to .015 gauge spring steel and should have sucient temper and tension to cause the two abutting conning member walls 2l to retain a pre-determined or set position or co-relationship.

By reason of the fact that the sliding clamp members 5 extend inwardly of the frame slightly, the inner surfaces of the frame are not quite as smooth as could be desired for all purposes. For example, when Monotype is used for the printing element A, th'e individual type pieces close to the clamp members 5 may be too lose for line printing. Therefore, in order to make the inner surfaces of the tie-up perfectly straight, there are provided four auxiliary pieces or slug members 40 which fit around the top, bottom and sides of the composed type A. It is not necessary, however, to use the slugs 4D when Linotype or electrotype, for example, are used in the make-up of the printing melnber A, for then there are no end letters that might fall off or out of the bound or constricted frame.

In the slightly modified form of the device which is illustrated in the Figures 7 and 8, the clamp member 5a is made of one large piece of metal instead of two small pieces. The rest of the construction of the members 5a and 6 are substantially the same as the ones heretofore described. This construction not only makes the device easier to assemble, but speeds the composing operation because th'e slugs 4i! heretofore referred to, need not be used. The modified form of the clamp member 5a, however, can only be used satisfactorily when the page or composition A will exactly t within the closed clamp members 5a. It has been found in practice that this latter form of the device is much more satisfactoryin printing establishments which have large numbers of uniformly sized pages to set. It is obvious that they are not as flexible, adjustable or adaptable in their use to many varied sized pages as is the first preferred form described. However, they too may be used with the slug elements 0 to accommodate different compositions.

Inthe latter form of the device, it is not rnecessary to make the confining members 6 of spring steel.` The confining members 6 may be simply lengths of metal bent so that they normally form right angles. The confining members thus formed do not have to co-act or react against each other in the same manner as in the first form. They rely more upon the tension of the clips 34 on the clamp members 5a for preserving their set or pre-determined positions.

There are also provided with the particular tieup herein described bearer members which receive or engage either of the rectangular frames These bearer members 50 facilitate the making o f electrotypes or stereotypes in the conventional manner. Y

When electrotypes, for example, are to be made, the type A is set as heretofore described; that is, confined between the proper slug members 60 and within the rectangular expandable frame. Then the bearer members 50 which are previously cut to the proper size, are placed around the confining member 6 as illustrated in the Figure 9 so that their top and bottom edges and the outer surfaces of the wall portions 2| are enclosed and completely set in the channels 52 so that the flanges 5| abut rmly and fully against the slug members 40. The bearer members thus prevent the wax of the matrix from seeping into and between the walls of the confining and clamp members. In the making of electrotypes, the confining members S and the bearer elements 50 are of a width that is substantially type high so that a proper casting 0r impression can be made therefrom. The bearer members 50 are then enclosed within suitable strips of wood or printing 'furniture B and they in turn are then tightly locked within a suitable chase D by means of th'e quoins C as shown in the Figure 9.

It has been found that where and when the printer has many pages of a uniform size to set up, such as for the preparation of a book, and which pages are small or medium in size, the tie-up herein described is particularly suitable because it speeds up the several operations. 'Ihe operation required to fasten the slidable lock of the earlier patented device is not necessary. In setting up large pages, however, such as newspaper or magazine pages, a more secure holder may be used to advantage and for such purposes the earlier patented device with the wedge lock is most suitable.

It will now be clear that there is provided by this invention a type tie-up which accomplishes the objects of the invention. While the invention has been illustrated in its preferred form and while certain special terms have been used to describe it, it is to be understood that the embodiment of the invention as described and illustrated herein is not to be considered in a limiting sense as there are many other forms or modications of the invention which are also considered to be within the scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A type tie-up, comprising in combination, a plurality of confining members co-active with each other, the said members being bent to form angles of less than when unassociated with type and which form angles of 90 when associated with type, and a clamp means mounted on the assembled conning members forming thereby a rectangular frame.

2. A type tie-up, comprising in combination, a plurality of confining members co-active with each other, the said members being bent to form angles of less than 90 when unassociated with type and which form angles of 90 when associated therewith, and a slidable clamp means mounted on the assembled confining members forming thereby a rectangular adjustable frame.

3. `A type tie-up, comprising in combination, a plurality of confining members co-active with each other, the said members being bent to form acute angles when unassociated with-type and which form tensioned relatively largerangles when associated therewith, and a clamp means engageable with the tensioned confining members forming therewith a substantially. rectangular frame.- i i 4. A type tie-up, comprising in combination, a plurality of confining members co-active with each other, thesaid members being bent to form untensioned angles when unassociated with type and which form tensioned angles when` associated therewith, and a slidable clamp means mounted on the assembled connins members forming thereby a substantially rectangular adjustable frame.

5. A type tie-up, comprising in combination, four engageable angular conning members each having end portions thereon and co-active with each other, each of the said members being bent to form an untensioned acute angle when in a normal position and which substantially forms a tensioned right angle when associated with adjacent members, and a clamp means mounted on each of the said end portions and engageable with an adjacent member forming thereby a rectangular frame.

6. A type tie-up, comprising in combination, four angular confining members engageable and co-active with each other, and having end portions andwall portions thereon, each of the said members being bent to form an acute angle when disengaged from the other members and which forms a relatively less acute angle when associated with adjacent members, and a clamp means mounted on each of the said end portions and slidably engageable with a Wall portion of an adjacent member forming thereby a substantially rectangular adjustable frame.

'7. A type tie-up, comprising in combination, four angular conning members engageable and co-active with each other and having end portions and wall portions thereon, each of the said members being bent to form an acute unten-v sioned angle when disengaged from the other members or when unassociated with type and which forms a relatively less acute tensioned angle when engaged with adjacent members or when unassociated with type, and constricted channel members mounted on the end portions and slidably engageable with adjacent wall portions forming thereby an adjustable rectangular frame.

JOHN J. RIEHL. 

